Chapter 11
A/N: So now that we have Roy sorted away it is time for the date between Riza and Jean.
The night arrived sooner than he thought. Jean stood in his casual clothes holding some flowers shifting his weight nervously from foot to foot. 'I hope she gets here soon. I wonder what she will look like without her military clothes on?' His wondering was cut short when she walked around the corner. He had not expected what he saw. Riza was standing there in denim shorts that came halfway down her thighs and a red tank top. The tank top fit her snugly hugging every curve. Not to mention she didn't really look like normal Riza either. Her hair was down and she had some make-up on. Her eyes were done up with a touch of mascara and some copper eye shadow. Her lips had a lovely coral color on them. Her hair fell in curling tendrils around her face. She smiled at Jean.
"Are you ready to go? I had one of the people on base act a chauffeur," Riza said smiling.
"Yes, oh these are for you," Jean said holding out the flowers, "beautiful flowers to compliment a beautiful lady."
"Thank-you Jean. Lilac, these are my favorites." She looked at the man who had just handed her the flowers. He was in different attire as well. She had not seen him out of his military uniform. Tonight, however, he was dressed casually. He wore dark denim pants with a tight black t-shirt. His muscles bulged from under the t-shirt. 'He looks so attractive,' Riza thought. They both got in the car and the soldier began to drive.
"Did I mention you look wonderful tonight?" Jean asked sheepishly.
"I can't remember. You look very becoming in your outfit," Riza blushed.
"Thanks, so what do you want to do at the festival?"
"I don't know how about we see when we get there?"
"Sounds good to me."
When they arrived the soldier bid them farewell and drove off. Riza and Jean looked up at the festival grounds. This looked like it could actually be some fun. It was a festival carnival type event and there was everything from games to drinking contests. They decide to walk around for a little until they decided what to do. They soon decided that they would see the show at three and then until then Jean could compete in some games. Soon, or almost too soon it seemed to the pair the time for the show came. In the course of the four hours they had been there Jean had won a drinking contest and a pie eating contest; let's say he would never try that again. For the prizes he got three packs of cigarettes and a mirror. Riza won a contest too and won a new handgun. The only reason that she didn't win a more feminine prize was no one expected a woman to enter the shooting contest much less win it. She didn't care though. The new gun was shiny and worked well. She had needed a new gun for some times now. Jean made a mental note to tell everyone when they got back that Riza now possessed two guns. That would be dangerous for anyone. The show was excellent and went very smoothly. Jean snuggled Riza while they both munched on some cotton candy that they had gotten a bit earlier after their corndog lunch. After the show it was said that they were going to have a small dance for the guests that had decided to attend that day. After the dance there would be a film with free popcorn. Riza looked at Jean.
"Would you like to stay?" he asked looking back.
"If you don't mind I would. I do love films."
"Then we'll stay we do have the whole day off Riza."
They danced for hours until the movie was about to begin. Then they sat down near and old tree and cuddled. Jean could feel Riza shiver a little and drew her in closer to him. She laid her head on his shoulder and sighed. They sat like that for the duration of the movie occasionally adjusting themselves for comfort. The movie was good or at least to Riza it was. It was about a woman who thought that she knew everything and could do everything for herself. Then one day she met a man and he taught her that it was OK to be vulnerable sometimes. 'I hate these kind of movies,' Jean thought as he was half- tempted to test Riza's new gun out on his temple. He restrained himself though when he saw how much his date was enjoying it. He was worried though for after the movie. He wanted to know what her reaction was going to be.
The movie ended and Riza stood up to leave. However, Jean stayed on the ground. He thought for a moment and knew that this had to be the place.
"Jean come on we want to get back before midnight," Riza chuckled her hair teased slightly by the wind.
"No this is the time to stay here Riza for just another moment just the two of us," He smiled.
"Jean?" she questioned.
He looked into her eyes. They were full of confusion and questioning. She looked at him. His eyes were full of pleading for her to stay. His gray eyes met directly with her red-brown eyes. There seemed to be an understanding between the two. 'How should I distract her for the moment?' he thought. Just as luck would be on his side for once she had looked over her shoulder at a noise. He decided that it was the right time and drew out the box from his pocket.
"Riza?" he asked getting her attention.
"Yes Jean?" she asked turning around. She gave a slight gasp when she saw the box in her boyfriend's hand.
"Riza Jane Hawkeye, will you marry me?" he asked opening the box to reveal a diamond ring.
"Oh well I don't… yes. Yes I would love to marry you Jean," she said. He slipped the ring onto her finger and stood up. For the second time they kissed a deep passionate kiss.
"How about we get going? It's freezing out here," Jean said.
"Yes let's get going," Riza said still kind of dazed by what had happened. 'I'm engaged to Jean Havoc the love of my life. But there is something that is bothering me about this.' They both seemed to be thinking the same thing because together they said, "I wonder what Roy will think about all of this?" Both laughed at how they were on the same wavelength. They decided for now not to worry about it and just deal with whatever came their way. They got in the car and held hands the whole way back to the base.
A/N: So what did you think? Sorry this whole chapter was about the two of them I just thought they needed something like this. R&R
